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RUSH: We had a press conference, all of us judges had a press conference yesterday afternoon at one o'clock here, four o'clock Eastern time, with the entertainment media: four people from State-Controlled Associated Press, Las Vegas media, People magazine, all those kind of people. Robin Leach was there in the front row. And toward the end of the press conference one of the female reporters asked me, I'm paraphrasing her question: "Do you penalize any contestants -- I mean you're a big conservative -- do you penalize any contestants if they have answers which are more liberal on issues than...

Filed at 8:40 p.m. ET PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Two women will represent North Carolina at the Miss America pageant until courts resolve which one should carry the title, organizers said Friday. The pageant would abide by a judge's decision to let Rebekah Revels temporarily keep her title, though it could result in two Miss North Carolinas appearing in the pageant itself, said George Bauer, interim president and chief executive officer of the Miss America organization. Runner-up Misty Dawn Clymer, 24, had assumed the state title when Revels resigned after the pageant learned of photos in which she appeared topless. Revels...